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Little Castle Balcony, Bolsover Castle
Seen here holding up the balcony, Hercules is a key figure in the imagery of the Little Castle. The original figure was badly eroded and this is a replacement, copied and carved as accurately as possible from the original.

The balcony ironwork, with its twisted green painted balusters, is one of the oldest surviving examples of such external ironwork. In the early seventeenth century, green paint was extremely expensive and it was thought that they would have been painted grey, however, analysis of the paint layers showed that they were indeed painted green. When restoration was undertaken therefore, in common with the rest of the castle, craftsmen used original materials and techniques, some not used for centuries, to restore the finish to its original condition.
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Filename:Hercules.jpg
Album name:Silversnapper / Landscape
Lens:Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Editing Performed:Converted from RAW, Transform tool work to rectify some of the distortion etc, cropped, touch of B&C and saturation, sharpened.
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Date added:May 09, 2013
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Date Time:2013:05:09 10:47:45
DateTime Original:2013:04:15 10:28:09
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Mazda_Man  [May 09, 2013 at 03:15 PM]
A nice detail of Heracles to the Greeks and Hercules to the Romans of course. Complements the earlier image.
JOHN  [May 09, 2013 at 05:48 PM]
As said of late we can see here the damage caused by the elements and such a pity, the carving under Hercules virtually gone. But amazingly the railings look wonderful, must have used a lead based paint.
Nice shot with really good detail, well done.
George  [May 09, 2013 at 06:21 PM]
Super notes as usual Keith and nice to hear the restoration team used original materials and techniques, and to good effect as can be seen here.
The balcony symmetrical in the frame and pin sharp so we can better enjoy the fruits of the craftsmen's work, past and present.
Another excellent shot in the series and to accompany your earlier long shot from the arch.
Like it loads.
Helen  [May 09, 2013 at 10:03 PM]
A superb sharp shot of this newly carved Hercules & the green twisted balcony railings look in good condition considering how old they are. Well taken.
alanuk  [May 12, 2013 at 04:01 PM]
Oh good! I was hoping we would get a close up of the balcony; I knew that you would be thinking that is what we wanted, too The effects of the weathering and the industrial pollution on the stonework is very evident here.more so since the replacement of Hercules. Thanks for the notes, too.
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